19 years and still goin' strong

The year was 1989, I had just turned 15 and I was a freshman in high school. My parents had decided to throw me a surprise party for my b-day. My best friend Stephanie took me out shopping and when we got back to my house and walked in the front door, there was a bunch of friends yelling SURPRISE!!! I remember being totally shocked and of course at 15 kind of embarrassed. We hung out, ate pizza, then went in the front room of my house and played some Van Halen. " Love comes Walkin" in started to play and this cute boy asked me if i wanted to dance. I really didnt know him too well, turns out his friends were coming they told him to come along so he did, lucky for me. I remember he was wearing a turquoise blue shirt and these deck shoes that matched, gotta love the Miami Vice influence, and he smelled like Old Spice..yummy:) I had butterflies in my stomach and was so nervous! Later that night we talked on the phone and after a few calls, my friend had told him to ask me out, and he did. We have been together on and off ever since. As teens we logged hundreds of hours on the phone, had our parents taxi us to countless movies and trips to the mall. Right before I left for college he asked me to marry him, I told I couldnt that I had to go, but I swore I would never want to marry anyone else, and I was so right. I never met anyone in all that time that made me feel as strongly as he did. We've had ups and downs, years apart and years together. There has not been a day since that one that I havent thought of him whether we were together or not. I still love every minute we get to be with each other, cant wait to see him when he gets home from work, and yes he still smells great! His babies adore him and he is a great friend, lover and partner! I feel totally blessed that I get to spend this lifetime with him.
Heres to you Sweetie, I couldnt do it without you!

BTW old pics to come soon as I get them...